Taking a wrecking ball to the club! (Recent Media Reports)

[batboy]

Success shuts up the disgruntled fan no matter where they originate from.
Put the right people in positions who's aim is to see WTs flourish instead of people who have allegiances that they can't separate from and then this club will reach its potential - and the old fans hiding behind veils of the past will have no voice.

You'd hope....
We won the comp and that didn't work then
Top 4 a few years later and it was on for young and old about which feeder club the ressies went back to...

It's better now than it was back then, But there only way it's going - Is dying....
But it's happening - You can bet on that.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Ive always been forthright in my opinions.
Especially towards those I dislike such as yourself.

Devastating 🤣

 

[Tucker]

Devastating 🤣

Must be? youve replied twice...🙄

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Must be? youve replied twice...🙄

Back on topic thanks champ, or you can have a spell.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

It'd just be the same two muppets complaining about all the supposed 'pro Balmain' posts on here.

The two 'sides' shouldn't even exist and just be a distant memory, same as the (terrible) football clubs they'd turned into by the end of the 90s.

How many Muppet accounts are you running on here mate? I've literally lost count.

I get people have an alternative account or two to post on political or other topics or for banter but you've taken over and turned this forum into a Muppet show with your alternatives.

 

[hammertime]

Devastating 🤣

He seems to dislike a lot of people. You'd hope he would start looking inward at some point...

 

[Magpie_Magic]

They are probably concerned about the success of Wests Tigers, something all our owners should be 100% focused on, darl.

Darl?

Gee, I had no idea. 😀

 

[Pascoes_barber]

How many Muppet accounts you running on here mate? I've literally lost count.

I get people have an alternative account or two to post on political or other topics or for banter but you've taken over and turned this forum into a Muppet show with your alternatives.

You've...'literally' lost count? Who do you suspect my alter egos are?

I've literally only ever had one account on here. I've only even been banned twice somehow from memory.

Happy for the mods to verify. Literallly.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Yeah - Real serious....
An old Idiot from a club without 2 bob to rub together talking out his rear end.

Who would possibly take anything said of that nature seriously?
Balmain can't even afford an U7's side... Literally.

Julie and Dennis might have taken it seriously - That's moreso the problem here.

No, that's the point, mate.

The threats were feeble but a turn off.

But Shane seemed to take sides,

It was serious in that it was allowed to run by Shane. People were okay with real independence but don't want the CEO nominating chairs and creating new factions on the board.

 

[hammertime]

No, that's the point, mate.

The threats were feeble but a turn off.

But Shane seemed to take sides,

It was serious in that it was allowed to run by Shane. Some people we okay with real independence but don't want the CEO nominating chairs and creating new factions on the board.

Where did Shane take sides? All I saw was him rubbishing the claim.

Also, the CEO shouldn't be nominating chairs. He works for the board. He may try to influence who he thinks is a good fit and who he can work with, and a good board should consider that. But that's it.

 

[BAGNF05]

Where did Shane take sides? All I saw was him rubbishing the claim.

Also, the CEO shouldn't be nominating chairs. He works for the board. He may try to influence who he thinks is a good fit and who he can work with, and a good board should consider that. But that's it.

It’s obvious the competent CEO is interfering with their master plan.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Where did Shane take sides? All I saw was him rubbishing the claim.

Also, the CEO shouldn't be nominating chairs. He works for the board. He may try to influence who he thinks is a good fit and who he can work with, and a good board should consider that. But that's it.

He took long to shut it down, and did push for Barry's confirmation ahead of the so called external recruitment agency running the formalities, and Balmain's threat ran simultaneously at the same time as Julie was trying to run for Chairperson.

Danny's leak to the press occurred at the same time, and was not called out so the owners may feel that their giving up direct control is now perhaps replaced by a new faction.

So certain inconsistencies there.

Perhaps there are concerns by the owners that the situation will become untenable for their shareholding so things may be pushed towards private ownership. I'd be totally against that.

And for the record I'm not against Barry's appointment and don't believe Julie is a good fit for the WT board, although if Julie was selected it opens up two men's spots for independents.

For example Wayne Pearce and John Dorahy.

Am also a supporter of much of Shane's good work here.

And am hopeful for the reinstatement of the three quality directors recently banned from HBG.

 

[hammertime]

He took long to shut it down, and did push for Barry's confirmation ahead of the so called external recruitment agency running the formalities, and Balmain's threat ran simultaneously at the same time as Julie was trying to run for Chairperson.

Danny's leak to the press occurred at the same time, and was not called out so the owners may feel that their giving up direct control is now perhaps replaced by a new faction.

So certain inconsistencies there.

Perhaps there are concerns by the owners that the situation will become untenable for their shareholding so things may be pushed towards private ownership. I'd be totally against that.

And for the record I'm not against Barry's appointment and don't believe Julie is a good fit for the WT board, although if Julie was selected it opens up two men's spots for independents.

For example Wayne Pearce and John Dorahy.

Am also a supporter of much of Shane's good work here.

And am hopeful for the reinstatement of the three quality directors recently banned from HBG.

Lets look at the timeline

From Gary Leo's comments, I can see there were two immediate counter-voices with Danny and Benny. Danny's voice is more important than Shane's in this scenario as a board member, and Benny adds a lot of weight to it. That came out on the 30th of August, which was a Friday. Then Richo came out on the 2nd with the video, which was on Monday. I think you might be being a little bit harsh on this one.

As for Richo talking about Barry. You've heard him before talk about how important it was for him to have a strong relationship with the chair to turn a club around, like he did at souths. He is purely giving his advice on this one with the news that Barry would have to interview (which is just dumb).

I don't mind if Julie is on the board. The challenge has just got to be that we have enough independent voices so we're ruled by selected individuals, rather than entrenched individuals.

We probably wouldn't have such a significant issue if there was no such thing as the debenture holders at HDB and that there were club-based elections. How they managed that in a non-profit bamboozles me.

 

[WestsEffTheRest]

I'm as much a staunch Magpie as anyone here but seriously get a grip. If you care so much about the Magpies then head down to Lidcombe Oval once a fortnight or go watch our juniors in action. We are now the Wests Tigers & the Holman Barnes Group are an embarrassment & a disgrace.

 

[West's Rule]

I look forward to you imbeciles bringing the Magpies back
- And losing 85% of your fanbase in an Instant!!
(While the remaining 15% spends the last 5-10 years of their life in Black and White Glory)

You've done nothing right in 25 years, .
Not expecting anything to change between then and now.

My new golf umbrella, ordered from Magpies online merchandise store in case your after one.😉

 

[hammertime]

My new golf umbrella, ordered from Magpies online merchandise store in case your after one.😉

haha... most of your posts have been pretty average. But that was good mate

 

[batboy]

My new golf umbrella, ordered from Magpies online merchandise store in case your after one.😉

It's probably from 8 years ago yeah?

Seems to take you blokes forever to sell out of that Sh*t you get made up every year....
(never ending SALE)

 

[Lestronge]

Yep, gotta agree with you Magpie_Magic re. this WTF being heavily dominated by pro Balmain Tigers fans.

Being a very old Magpies supporter, I found out very soon after joining that if you dare to say something pro Magpies, you'll cop a hiding as it's immediately taken as being anti-Balmain, and that's very unfair as I have never meant it to be that way. I have just been telling it as I see it and I get put down for it.

There has been a couple of posters recently who expressed their feelings from a Magpies point of view, @bus to terrigal being one, was strongly criticized for his feelings [and his posts were always respectful] but he/they haven't been back since.
I wonder how many others that has happened to over the years?

There must be quite a few old Magpie supporters on here that feel as Magpie_Magic and I do, but for whatever reason they don't come forward to express their pov. apart from saying "I used to follow the Magpies, but I now follow Wests Tigers.
Yuh know what...I feel the same way. And that's the way it will stay unless something bad enough comes along to make me change my mind, and atpit I have no idea what that may be.
I reckon their reason is though, they don't want to be put down for their views to such an extent that they no longer feel welcome on here, even though they enjoy Our Forum as I do.

Magpie_Magic hasn't called for the Balmain side of our JV to be deleted, and either have I.

I feel a lot of the criticism directed at M_M and I comes from a place of insecurity within the JV, and I can understand that, with the ownership of Our Wests Tigers being 90% in favour of the Magpies, but that's just the way it is, and I gotta tell Yuh I would feel insecure if the boot was on the other foot.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to our new look Wests Tigers putting in a vastly improved performance in 2025.

Can we delete this post mods ? It’s offensive to my brain cells …

 

[Red88_Tiger]

I’m 45 and have supported weststigers longer than I did Balmain.
Was wondering at what conceivable year will it be when there’s no old tragics in/around/or in control of anything weststigers because I really think all the geriatrics are just clutching at straws trying to hold onto the past when in reality progress is just a bulldozer- you can’t stop io

 

[West's Rule]

haha... most of your posts have been pretty average. But that was good mate

I didn't relise our post were being scored I would have put more of an effort in.

It's probably from 8 years ago yeah?

Seems to take you blokes forever to sell out of that Sh*t you get made up every year....
(never ending SALE)

The new 2025 jersey will be out soon,think there's a message on the back though!Lookout!